RMweb Premium uax6 Posted February 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2016 Dairy milk has been made in Poland and France for years... The present Mrs G's mother has worked for Cadbury France since I have known her (11 years now) and dairy milk has been 'foreign' in all that time. Now of course the company is now called Modelez (or something like that) and she is retiring on Friday..... Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 ^^ It's all chocolate-flavoured vegetable fat. Vegelate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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trisonic Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 The “Fruit and Nut” Cadbury’s bar has always been different in the ‘States - it uses almonds instead (I actually like it better). One wonders at the WW2 US Army Chocolate bar (See Logan Bar or D Ration Bar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_chocolate). I wonder whether this is the bar the soldiers handed out to local kids? The specification requested “Taste a little better than a boiled potato”...... Best, Pete. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Good grief man CADBURY's is British of course we have them, you should have seen the uproar when Nestle took it over and started mucking around with things. Having grown up with Freddo Frogs (acquired by Cadbury Australia from MacRobertson's in 1967), and Caramello Koalas I am very familiar with Cadbury. Creme Eggs have been available in the US for many years now, though as Pete noted, they don't taste nearly as good as I remember. I brought a couple of large bars of Old Gold, Old Jamaica Rum'N'Raisin back from my last trip home. This is available in Australia. Old Gold, Freddo Frogs and Cherry Ripe were all MacRobertson's. They're still very high on my list of 'nostalgia' foods. I've never seen the cookies before, though I guess (based on this) they were released here last year. Getting a Freddo Frog on a trip to the supermarket with Mum was a special and uncommon treat. You have to bite the heads off first, or last, it depends. Edited February 23, 2016 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2016 Good grief man CADBURY's is British of course we have them, you should have seen the uproar when Nestle took it over and started mucking around with things. Mmmmmmm off to buy a Crème Egg Nestles took over Rowntree Mackintosh many years ago, Kraft have ruined Cadbury's and are now importing more american muck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 asked my boss what he wanted me to do with this four metre roll of bubble wrap ? " pop it in the corner over there " was his reply four bloody hours it took me ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2016 There is a legal ingredient in American Chocolate Not permitted in British / European Chocolate...... Mouse / Rat Poo America set an tiny permitted allowance many years ago when it was difficult to keep the darn things out of factories, Britain / Europe set a Zero tolerance... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2016 Nestles took over Rowntree Mackintosh many years ago, Kraft have ruined Cadbury's and are now importing more american muck. And sadly, shortly after Nestles took over Rowntree, they closed the Caley's chocolate, Chapelfield Chocolate factory in Norwich. Caley's had made fizzy drinks , Christmas Crackers, and Chocolate. The site is now yet another shopping centre. The current Caleys chocolate is just another brand of Nestle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Well Aussie and NEw Zealand Cadbury's tastes quite different to that in the UK... Never had any US chocolate. I think it has a lot to do with the quality of the milk that goes into the chocolate. Tasmania has one of the biggest Cadbury's factories in Aus/NZ which once had factory tours which at the end you could buy said chocolate from the employees shop. Now I believe this has ended but you can still go to the employees shop which is somewhere in Hobart. Now you ask why is this important... You could buy a 5kg box of mixed chocolate! Very very cheaply... Gees that was good. Mind you expect to put on weight if you do get a box even though the household,d can only eat about half the box and it is then forced onto any visitor that comes into the house for the next 6months! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Jol Wilkinson Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2016 Nestles took over Rowntree Mackintosh many years ago, Kraft have ruined Cadbury's and are now importing more american muck. Part of the special relationship we have with the US of A. MacPoo, Pizza Poo, Burger Poo, Star Poo, etc. to name just a few of the many. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) ....Aussie and New Zealand Cadbury's tastes quite different to that in the UK... Never had any US chocolate. I think it has a lot to do with the quality of the milk that goes into the chocolate..... As far as American "chocolate" (sic) is concerned, you're really not missing anything. There used to be a marked difference in taste between the Cadbury's sold in Britain, and the stuff sold in the Republic of Ireland. The British market stuff had more sugar in it, whilst the Irish variant had more "body". The quality of the milk is only a factor if milk chocolate is what you're making. Far more important is the proportion of cocoa solids - this is where US and UK-market chocolate generally falls short, because you're lucky if you get as much as 30% cocoa solids (I think Bournville plain only has 32%) - the rest consists of vegetable fats, sugar, emulsifiers, and other God-knows-what chemicals. That's why I generally don't touch anything under 70% cocoa solids. I once managed to try some 95%, and that was out of this world; I still salivate at the memory of it. Part of the special relationship we have with the US of A. MacPoo, Pizza Poo, Burger Poo, Star Poo, etc. to name just a few of the many. It's all part of the ongoing Mushroom Approach. Edited February 24, 2016 by Horsetan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2016 Well Aussie and NEw Zealand Cadbury's tastes quite different to that in the UK... Never had any US chocolate. I think it has a lot to do with the quality of the milk that goes into the chocolate. Tasmania has one of the biggest Cadbury's factories in Aus/NZ which once had factory tours which at the end you could buy said chocolate from the employees shop. Now I believe this has ended but you can still go to the employees shop which is somewhere in Hobart. Now you ask why is this important... You could buy a 5kg box of mixed chocolate! Very very cheaply... Gees that was good. Mind you expect to put on weight if you do get a box even though the household,d can only eat about half the box and it is then forced onto any visitor that comes into the house for the next 6months! There's always The British Lolly Shop for those in the antipodes. Eat them in the shop though, the chocolate will melt as soon as you take it outside. My Sister did quite a bit of her grocery shopping there (Hunter Valley Gardens) Bisto, Lyles Golden syrup etc when they lived in Maitland. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2016 There is a legal ingredient in American Chocolate Not permitted in British / European Chocolate...... Mouse / Rat Poo America set an tiny permitted allowance many years ago when it was difficult to keep the darn things out of factories, Britain / Europe set a Zero tolerance... Does this mean that American chocolate is banned from import into the UK? If not, why not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Does this mean that American chocolate is banned from import into the UK? If not, why not? Reminds me that the US "food" authorities ban quite a few things from coming in. Durian (which - in its natural state - is allegedly classified as an offensive weapon!), for instance. Also all manner of proper cheeses (mostly French).... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2016 Also all manner of proper cheeses (mostly French).... The bl00dy French, again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2016 Actually, Tim, it's the bl00dy Americans. There's nothing wrong with the French cheeses that the Americans ban. For an example, look up Mimolette. This cheese contains a lot of cheese mites, which are harmless to humans, but the American authorities don't like them, hence the ban. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2016 1066, still too soon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Actually, Tim, it's the bl00dy Americans. There's nothing wrong with the French cheeses that the Americans ban. .... I got the feeling that the ban was partly to protect the domestic (processed) cheese industry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2016 I got the feeling that the ban was partly to protect the domestic (processed) cheese industry. I asked for some cheese in a diner in the USA the waitress said "Yellow or White?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2016 The worse place I have ever been for cheese is Australia - absolutely useless stuff (and I lived in a Sydney suburb which had a specialist cheese shop selling the best that could be found in Oz and it was all wimpish stuff with no flavour and not very good texture). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 .....I lived in a Sydney suburb which had a specialist cheese shop selling the best that could be found in Oz ..... Presumably not like this: http://youtu.be/cWDdd5KKhts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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N15class Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 The worse place I have ever been for cheese is Australia - absolutely useless stuff (and I lived in a Sydney suburb which had a specialist cheese shop selling the best that could be found in Oz and it was all wimpish stuff with no flavour and not very good texture). You ought to try Brazil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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